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1. Tooth chisel used on soft stone
2. Chisel or drove
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Summary ==<br />
Hand implements used in stone working. Adapted from Merrill, G R Stones for Building and Decoration. (1910, New York: John Wiley & Sons)<br />
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1. Tooth chisel used on soft stone<br />
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2. Chisel or drove<br />
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3 Chisel used on soft stone and driven with wooden mallet<br />
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4. Point, cutting end in form of a pyramidal point<br />
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5. Hand drill or jumper used for making holes for 'plug & feather' splitting<br />
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6& 7. Point for use on hard stone<br />
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8. Splitting chisel for splitting and cutting of hard stone such as granite<br />
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9. Chisel used on soft stone and driven with wooden mallet<br />
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10. Face hammer, square-faced, for roughly shaping blocks<br />
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11. Sledge or striking hammer used in driving large wedges for splitting stone<br />
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12. Patent or bush hammer with deeply grooved faces<br />
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13. Ax or pean hammer with two opposite cutting edges<br />
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14. Wedge (plug) and feather used in the process of splitting (up to 8cm long); long wedges (30 cm) for splitting off large blocks<br />
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15. Mallet, wooden, cylindrical head, used in cutting of soft stone<br />
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16. Hand hammer, smooth-faced, for hand-drilling, pointing and chiselling hard rocks<br />
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17. Grub saw for cutting stone by hand <br />
== Licencing ==<br />
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